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HP Victus Gaming Laptop: Intel i7 12650H, 15.6" 1080p, 512GB SSD, RTX 3050 Ti

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Best Buy has HP Victus Gaming Laptop (15-FA0032DX) on sale for $799.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.

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Specs/Key Features
  • Intel i7 12650H 4.7GHz 10-Core Processor (12th Gen)
  • 15.6" 1920x1080p FHD 144Hz 9ms IPS Micro Edge Display w/ 720p HD Camera
  • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
  • 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 RAM (3200MHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 GPU
  • WiFi 6 (2x2) w/ Bluetooth Combo
  • Audio by Bang & Olufsen w/ Dual Speakers
  • Full Gaming Keyboard w/ OMEN Gaming Hub
  • 4-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
  • Windows 11 Home OS
    • Inputs
      • 3x USB 3.0 (2x USB 3.0 Type-A + 1x USB 3.0 Type-C)
      • 1x HDMI
Warranty
  • Includes 1-year manufacturers warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Currently, this is the best/lowest price we've seen for this model + part of Best Buy's Black Friday pricing/deal; $300 Off or 27.27% Overall savings
  • Great for gaming/movies and some photo/video editing w/ optimal gaming performance
  • Product qualifies for extended holiday return through January 14, 2023
  • Offer valid while promotional pricing/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Highly rated by customers for price, value and product features
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Written by sal25
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Best Buy has HP Victus Gaming Laptop (15-FA0032DX) on sale for $799.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.

Thanks to community member sal25 for finding this deal

Note, curbside pickup may vary depending on location.

Specs/Key Features
  • Intel i7 12650H 4.7GHz 10-Core Processor (12th Gen)
  • 15.6" 1920x1080p FHD 144Hz 9ms IPS Micro Edge Display w/ 720p HD Camera
  • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
  • 16GB (1x16GB) DDR4 RAM (3200MHz)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 4GB GDDR6 GPU
  • WiFi 6 (2x2) w/ Bluetooth Combo
  • Audio by Bang & Olufsen w/ Dual Speakers
  • Full Gaming Keyboard w/ OMEN Gaming Hub
  • 4-Cell Lithium Ion Battery
  • Windows 11 Home OS
    • Inputs
      • 3x USB 3.0 (2x USB 3.0 Type-A + 1x USB 3.0 Type-C)
      • 1x HDMI
Warranty
  • Includes 1-year manufacturers warranty w/ purchase (parts + labor)

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Currently, this is the best/lowest price we've seen for this model + part of Best Buy's Black Friday pricing/deal; $300 Off or 27.27% Overall savings
  • Great for gaming/movies and some photo/video editing w/ optimal gaming performance
  • Product qualifies for extended holiday return through January 14, 2023
  • Offer valid while promotional pricing/supplies last
Additional Notes
  • Highly rated by customers for price, value and product features
  • Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated

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Dicka24
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This 10 minute video from Jerrods Tech compares the two in depth. There are 15 games tested with each. Some games there's little difference, others the difference can be close to 20% better performance with the Ti.

RTX 3050 vs 3050 Ti - Worth Paying More For Ti?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_t6f_Bu2y8
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Raybies
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The Gigabyte is an 11th gen i5, the HP is a 12th gen i7, that's a significant difference in performance. The HP also has double the memory so you're really not comparing apples to apples.
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seanselleck
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Depends of what you're doing. If you're a gamer, get the bigger graphics card. If you are someone that needs to do a lot of content editing and such and get the higher-end processor. My i7 12th gen Hewlett-Packard came with a 3050 TI and it works wonderful for everything. I wrote a really big review on the Best buy page for the Hewlett-Packard Victus 15. You'll probably find yourself having a tweak a few settings based on whatever performance level you need. I didn't like the Hewlett Packard's cooling system and had to modify mine a scotch. I also added in New and better thermal paste (noctua gen2) and dropped my temperature 15 to 20°. I also ripped the shielding that was out of the bottom of the laptop blocking the vent and cooled it down almost another 20°. I increased the venting and probably voided my warranty in another way. And for very intensive processing like video compression or super high end games, I got a laptop cooling pad with fans to force air through it even more.

The hard drive is a mid-range performer with performance on the pcie gen4 side. I ended up taking a higher end SSD and pop that in and put a 2 mil heat sink with a thermal pad quality to the top of it and remove the old thermal pad. I don't know if this was necessary, but I felt like there was a bottleneck.

I ended up realizing that the processor itself is about a 450 or so dollar processor and the graphics card is somewhere around 300 or more. with all the components and prices figured in $800 is a very excellent price for what you're getting. I'm just paranoid about heat when I am pushing the unit. most times, I have the processor dialed WAY down for normal everyday stuff. I'm doing something heavy duty I can dial it up and get the most I can out of it.

Find some videos of a teardown and decide whether or not this will meet your needs. Or even if you are someone that cares about thermal throttling. Other than mine OCD, it ran fine stock. since I'm planning on keeping this unit for the next 15 years or so, I wanted to get it right right-a-way.
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3050 Ti? How is it compared to the vanilla 3050
Oct 31, 2022 7:22 PM
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cpsmith1984Oct 31, 2022 7:22 PM
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Quote from jwoodeals4u View quoted comment :
3050 Ti? How is it compared to the vanilla 3050
Ti is usually better
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Quote from jwoodeals4u View quoted comment :
3050 Ti? How is it compared to the vanilla 3050
This 10 minute video from Jerrods Tech compares the two in depth. There are 15 games tested with each. Some games there's little difference, others the difference can be close to 20% better performance with the Ti.

RTX 3050 vs 3050 Ti - Worth Paying More For Ti?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_t6f_Bu2y8
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pixelmasterNov 1, 2022 11:34 AM
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Quote from BayuU View quoted comment :
Gigabyte G5 MD with the same GPU for under $500 is a better deal imo
Link?
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Tarik_TNov 1, 2022 11:34 AM
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OK deal but without DDR5 Probably going to pass
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Quote from BayuU View quoted comment :
Gigabyte G5 MD with the same GPU for under $500 is a better deal imo
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Can you please share the link?
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The Gigabyte is an 11th gen i5, the HP is a 12th gen i7, that's a significant difference in performance. The HP also has double the memory so you're really not comparing apples to apples.
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Not even comparing apples to apples. this deal is worse than the HP deal. LMAO
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Ludr2Nov 1, 2022 10:13 PM
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What is better higher cpu like i9 and lover gpu like rtx2070? then higher gpu 3050ti and lower i7?
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Quote from Ludr2 View quoted comment :
What is better higher cpu like i9 and lover gpu like rtx2070? then higher gpu 3050ti and lower i7?
Depends of what you're doing. If you're a gamer, get the bigger graphics card. If you are someone that needs to do a lot of content editing and such and get the higher-end processor. My i7 12th gen Hewlett-Packard came with a 3050 TI and it works wonderful for everything. I wrote a really big review on the Best buy page for the Hewlett-Packard Victus 15. You'll probably find yourself having a tweak a few settings based on whatever performance level you need. I didn't like the Hewlett Packard's cooling system and had to modify mine a scotch. I also added in New and better thermal paste (noctua gen2) and dropped my temperature 15 to 20°. I also ripped the shielding that was out of the bottom of the laptop blocking the vent and cooled it down almost another 20°. I increased the venting and probably voided my warranty in another way. And for very intensive processing like video compression or super high end games, I got a laptop cooling pad with fans to force air through it even more.

The hard drive is a mid-range performer with performance on the pcie gen4 side. I ended up taking a higher end SSD and pop that in and put a 2 mil heat sink with a thermal pad quality to the top of it and remove the old thermal pad. I don't know if this was necessary, but I felt like there was a bottleneck.

I ended up realizing that the processor itself is about a 450 or so dollar processor and the graphics card is somewhere around 300 or more. with all the components and prices figured in $800 is a very excellent price for what you're getting. I'm just paranoid about heat when I am pushing the unit. most times, I have the processor dialed WAY down for normal everyday stuff. I'm doing something heavy duty I can dial it up and get the most I can out of it.

Find some videos of a teardown and decide whether or not this will meet your needs. Or even if you are someone that cares about thermal throttling. Other than mine OCD, it ran fine stock. since I'm planning on keeping this unit for the next 15 years or so, I wanted to get it right right-a-way.
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Y'all im gonna wait till Black Friday for a better deal.... Oh wait, this is the Black Friday deal!

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